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To perform the “quad smash” simply sit on the floor with your legs extended and roll the sleeve of a barbell (the thick part you stack plates on) along the length of your thigh—from the knee cap to the top of the hip.<p>Spend five minutes on each leg, pausing on any painful areas.<p>This might hurt a …

Get a satisfying burn in your core while you mobilize your hips and fight back pain<p>The lying miniband hip flexion extension may be a mouthful of an exercise, but it’s also a great multitasker.<p>You’ll light up your abs, bulletproof your lower back, strengthen your hip flexors, mobilize your hips, and …

But if you perform the reverse-grip press on an incline bench, you’ll get the best of both worlds, he says. Gaddour demonstrates two variations that combine both of those strategies in the video above.<p>Whichever variation you choose—the reverse-grip press or the Arnold chest press—switch between …

The technique increases muscle tension in your rear delts by overloading the hardest portion—the top—of the movement. It’s also the part of the exercise where the muscles in the back of your shoulders are most activated, Gaddour explains.<p>Do sets of 6 to 8 reps with a heavier load, or sets of 10 to …

Slow that movement down as Gaddour demonstrates in the video above to spur even more growth.<p>Do 3 to 5 sets of 10 to 15 reps to round out your back training.<p>“You’re going to get a little muscle soreness the next day,” he says, “but that’s the precursor to gains.”

Strengthening your shoulders’ rotator cuffs can help avoid impingements.<p>In the video above, watch as <i>Men’s Health</i> Fitness Director BJ Gaddour, C.S.C.S., demonstrates three simple exercises you can do with a mini band to strengthen your rotator cuffs and prevent impingement from slowing you down.

And it’s a problem, because the weakness limits how deep you can squat and lunge, and even screws up your running technique, ultimately hindering your overall performance, Gaddour says.<p>In the video above, Gaddour demonstrates three drills that will strengthen your psoas. Perform 5 to 10 reps on …

Luckily, your problem has a simple solution: You can clean up your wrist mechanics and reduce unnecessary pain using the mobility drills shown in the video above.<p>Enhance these stretches with an exercise band for greater support and range of motion.

It's become an emotional debate: Do e-cigarettes help people get off regular cigarettes or are they a new avenue for addiction?<p>Until now, there has been little solid evidence to back up either side. But a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could help fill that …

A second video has emerged of the confrontation between deputies and a Texas man who had his hands raised before he was shot and killed. In it, it appears he is carrying what investigators believe was a knife.<p>Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said at a news conference Wednesday that the video …